Academic job satisfaction from an international comparative perspective: Factors associated with satisfaction across 12 countries

Job Satisfaction around the Academic World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 239-262

  Bentley, Peter James ^a   Coates, Hamish ^a,b   Dobson, Ian R ^c,d   Goedegebuure, Leo ^a   Meek, V Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Council for Educational Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

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EID: 85031047272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5434-8_13     Document Type: Chapter

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